Cheating the Public
1918, English. Directed by Richard Stanton.
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John Dowling, a greedy factory owner, cuts his employees' pay while raising their food prices at the company store. The employees strike but to no avail. Mary Garvin visits Dowling to plead the laborers' cause, but because her mother had once refused his marriage proposal, he attacks Mary out of revenge. In the struggle, Dowling is shot, and Mary is tried and convicted of murder. Before the execution, foreman "Bull" Thompson boasts that his bullet killed Dowling during Mary and the factory owner's struggle, and Dowling's son Chester, who has attempted to introduce reforms into the factory, races to the governor's train to secure a pardon for Mary. After Mary's release, she and Chester are married.
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Richard StantonDirector
- Enid MarkeyMary Garvin
- Ralph LewisJohn Dowling
- Wanda HawleyGrace Martin
- Bertram GrassbyChester Dowling
- Tom Wilson'Bull' Thompson
- Edward Peil Sr.Mary's Attorney
- Carrie Clark WardMrs. O'Toole
- Fanny MidgleyMary's Mother
- Frankie LeeFrankie Garvin
- Charles EdlerMartin
- Barbara ConleyBobby
- Baby CohenThe Baby Brother
Details
- Released
- 20 January 1918
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Richard Stanton, Mary Murillo, Edward Sedgwick
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Cheating the Public runs 70 minutes (1h 10m).
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Cheating the Public isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 20 January 1918. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Cheating the Public?
Cheating the Public (1918) was directed by Richard Stanton and stars Enid Markey, Ralph Lewis, Wanda Hawley.